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Fits ribcage0.0
B. perimeter0.0
Stretched Band86.0
Band Length64.0
Stretch ratio1.3
Cup width16.0
Cup depth22.0
Depth ratio1.4
Wire length22.5
Cup height18.5
Cup separation2.5
Gore height3.5
Wing height10.0
Strap width1.5
Hooks3
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Index30:7
UK30F

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Didn't fit

This bra is a major disappointment for me. I am in love with the teal colour and its rose gold finish. I also really like the super soft fabric on the cups. It is with great regret I have concluded that this bra simply does not fit. I've seen a lot of reviews on Bravissimo's website saying that they had issue with the fastener to make it into a racerback style*, but I personally did not have difficulty with it.

I was fitted by a Bravissimo sales assistant. I normally wear a 30FF but I don't think my breasts seemed to fill the tops of the cups in the FF well so they put me in an F cup and said it was a good fit. And it did feel comfortable and look okay at first so I bought it.

I've now worn it for longer periods of time and my issues are:

1) it became clear that the wires in the bra were not wide enough and that it was sitting on my breast tissue and would hurt after a few hours. I think this is simply due to it being an F cup instead of FF.

2) the fastener presses uncomfortably on my neck unless I have the straps at their loosest, so there's no tension on the straps at all. It actually really aches after a while if I have them snugly tightened how I normally would with a bra. The height of the actual fastener relative to the band is not adjustable, so you can't have it not sitting on your neck. This seems to be a common complaint. I opted to leave it undone when wearing but the ruins shaping effect it's supposed to have by kinda pulling them in.

3) When I have properly swooped and scooped the cups wrinkle at the bottom. Over the course of a day I find the wire ends up being pushed downwards. I both of these things are due to a shape misfit, but I also found it was difficult to pull it up into my IMF due to the wires being too narrow. I do not think the wrinkles are caused by the cups being too big, if anything they might be slightly too small in the F, since I seem to spill out in the middle after adjustment. I think I err on being a bit full on bottom and projected and the bra is just not suited for my shape.



* ironically they apparently changed this from a magnetic clasp to a j-hook style to make it easier to do up

Updated on Nov 29, 2021 Flag this


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Fit information

On Jan 2022 View measurements

Doesn't fit. I feel like my breasts push the bra down. If I pull it up into my IMF the cups wrinkle at the bottom, yet overall the cups feel to small. I think it's a projection issue

Bottom of the cup:
Can't quite fill it
Cup's width:
Outer cup cuts into breast tissue in the sides

This bra didn't fit her, but these did